Marcia Landy & Amy Villarejo 
Queen Christina [EPUB ebook] 

Each volume in the »BFI Film Classics» series features a brief production history, detailed filmography, notes and bibliography. This text explores MGM»s 1933 production of »Queen Christina», starring Greta Garbo, from a feminist perspective. The authors explore the role of Christina, who, fleeing an arranged marriage, is forced to disguise herself as a man. They read the film partly from a lesbian perspective, as well as looking at other ways in which gender and power impose contradictory pressures.